Smith fails to find place in Mitchell Marsh-led Australia T20 WC squad
Besides Smith, the other notable omissions from the T20 World Cup squad are youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk, experienced seamer Jason Behrendorff and all-rounder Matt Short.
Besides Smith, the other notable omissions from the T20 World Cup squad are youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk, experienced seamer Jason Behrendorff and all-rounder Matt Short.
Rubbing salt to the injury, the 34-year-old Smith could only manage 51 runs from four knocks during the recently-completed 2-0 series victory over New Zealand.
Out of the 41 batters to have done so to date, his current average of 49.67 is bettered only by India's stalwart batter Virat Kohli (53.44).
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Smith's innings exemplified the qualities of a classic Test knock, displaying his expertise and patience throughout Day 1.
Smith, who loves shadow batting as much as he loves being in the middle and scoring runs, did not even pick up a bat for the duration of the coronavirus enforced break.
Mbangwa insisted that Lee should pick one out of Kohli and Smith and the former fast-bowler put his weight behind his countryman and said he can become as good as Bradman.
The 25-year-old, who was named captain of the Pakistan T20 team ahead of the Australia series in October last year, was recently handed the reins of ODI team as well.
The Australian said Kohli's fitness also makes him stand apart from his contemporaries.
Kohli is constantly rated as the best batsman in the world because of his adaptability to different situations and different formats.